2023-03-25 07:55:45

Let’s ham it up

Ham means…

Amateur (“ham”) radio

  • a hobby
  • for learning and fun
  • about electronics, radio, and communication
  • for millions of people everywhere and at every age…

Radio is everywhere

Radio is all about…

  • Frequencies (like ‘meter’ in music)
  • Bands (groups of frequencies)
  • Modes (ways to make radios ‘talk’)
  • Propagation (how far radio signals go)

A zillion hobbies in one

Summits on the Air (SOTA)

National Parks on the Air (NPOTA)

Walmart Parking Lots on the Air (WPLOTA)

Contesting

Ria Jairam, N2RJ

Ria Jairam, N2RJ

World Radiosport

Weak signal modes

Software defined radio (SDR)

Atmospheric science

Emergency/Event Communications

Build & launch a cubesat

Talk to space

Go where no one has…

Hack hardware

Robotics and antennas

Build your own computer networks

Operate anywhere!

Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS)

Packets heard by K3ROG-10 in Jan 2020

Packets heard by K3ROG-10 in Jan 2020

Learn new languages

Join a world-wide community

Next steps

Listen!

Learn

Get licensed

But why do I need/want a license?

  • To transmit (not to listen)
  • Proves that you know something
  • Get a callsign that is unique to you
  • It’s cool

Join a club

Get on the air!

Why ham radio?

It’s fun!

da-da-di-di-dit di-di-di-da-da
da-di-dit dit
da-di-da di-di-di-da-da di-da-dit da-da-da da-da-dit

73 de K3ROG
(Best wishes from me)